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it really wasn't a debate. this president bullied and bulldozed his way through a 90 minute conversation filled with lies, in5:0 rasryes and untruths he kept the fact checkers on their toes the reality is, i worked in the obama treasury department. i am not his audience. there are a lot of people when you think about the expected elector rat who see in donald trump a disruptor and what to change the status quo. many of these people walked away, i think happy with what they saw last night. one thing in particular that struck me as particularly res ne nating with this group he said he's done more in 47 months than joe biden has done in 47 years. i'm a democrat, i've heard that. that stung a little bit. >> when you talk about president trump's supporters they view him as disruptors. what about the undecided voters. estimates seem to range between 9 to 14%, the number of people who are waiting to decide to vote for do you think last night made the decision for any of those people >> that's the million dollar questi
it really wasn't a debate. this president bullied and bulldozed his way through a 90 minute conversation filled with lies, in5:0 rasryes and untruths he kept the fact checkers on their toes the reality is, i worked in the obama treasury department. i am not his audience. there are a lot of people when you think about the expected elector rat who see in donald trump a disruptor and what to change the status quo. many of these people walked away, i think happy with what they saw last night. one...
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mitt romney shot at funding pbs at wednesday's debate. >> today, president obama took it on as well. >> for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. rounding him up. elmo's got to watch out too. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." >> i know everybody wants to be sympathetic to big bird and to "sesame street." i love the product. it was started the year i was born. >> thanks, bring that up. >> why does taxpayer money need to go to a product that is clearly so profitable? they have toys. they have games. they make money from licensing and revenue. why do taxpayers have to subsidize that? as a stand alone business, "sesame street" will do just fine. >> doesn't the profit from all those toys go to the nonprofit group? there's a children's television workshop that gets the money. >> they nonprofit, so why does taxpayer money subsidize a nonprofit? >> you can make an argument easily that helping a start-up organization like that 40 years ago, look at the good
mitt romney shot at funding pbs at wednesday's debate. >> today, president obama took it on as well. >> for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. rounding him up. elmo's got to watch out too. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." >> i know everybody wants to be sympathetic to big bird and to "sesame street." i love the...
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we have a bull/bear debate coming up with steve forbes and brian west bury. and we'll get you updated on today's market selloff. obama care has nothing to do with free market capitalism. we'll be right back. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> all eyes on the economy ahead of tomorrow's important jobs report. today we saw third quarter gdp growth came in at 2.8%. sounds good. but i think it's masking a lot of issues in there. take a look at consumer spending, only up 1.5%. and also business equipment spending, or investment, that's the the heart of it and creates jobs, it actually fe
we have a bull/bear debate coming up with steve forbes and brian west bury. and we'll get you updated on today's market selloff. obama care has nothing to do with free market capitalism. we'll be right back. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge technology, like a new deepwater well cap...
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an aggressive mitt romney comes out swinging in his first debate with president obama. the two men sparring over how to fix the u.s. economy. waiting on spain, the ecb expected to hold steady on rates as central bankers meet today. country's president tells cnbc that europe's policymakers must remain focused. and madrid sees solid demand and yields coming down as the finance minister heads to london to raise funds for the country's bad banks. if you're just tuning in, thanks very much for coming along. ross will be back tomorrow. but i'm here for the next 30 minutes to run you through what's going on on the markets around the world. let's start off by looking ahead to the start of the u.s. equity trade. expecting markets to open a little higher. fmoc minutes coming out later. and on this side of the world urks t the ecb and boe with their decisions, as well. just a few points higher. and let's look at some other market action and see exactly what's happening. the global 300 just ticking slightly higher. it's come off the highs of a little earlier, but just about hanging
an aggressive mitt romney comes out swinging in his first debate with president obama. the two men sparring over how to fix the u.s. economy. waiting on spain, the ecb expected to hold steady on rates as central bankers meet today. country's president tells cnbc that europe's policymakers must remain focused. and madrid sees solid demand and yields coming down as the finance minister heads to london to raise funds for the country's bad banks. if you're just tuning in, thanks very much for...
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the reviews are in for last night's presidential debate. not so good for barack obama. definitely good for mitt romney. a lot of folks concluding that romney had one of the stronger debate performances last night in presidential debating history, at least in recent memory. that's not good news for the president. you can tell how both these campaigns feel about their performance last night based on what they're doing today. we have not seen mitt romney out in front of television cameras so far today, but president obama hosted a rally in colorado today, giving him a chance to have almost a do over from last night's performance. take a listen. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> and bill, the battle continues now. in the battleground states, we're going to see both
the reviews are in for last night's presidential debate. not so good for barack obama. definitely good for mitt romney. a lot of folks concluding that romney had one of the stronger debate performances last night in presidential debating history, at least in recent memory. that's not good news for the president. you can tell how both these campaigns feel about their performance last night based on what they're doing today. we have not seen mitt romney out in front of television cameras so far...
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we have an all-star panel ready to debate that coming next on "worldwide exchange." >>> u.s. markets are posed to erase all of october's losses with futures set to a strong open. >>> the bank of japan unexpectedly boosts the stimulus program. >>> and a bitter taste for starbucks after disaointing the street on u.s. sales sending shares lower after hours. >>> the european central bank says it will start buying asset backed securities from november and has asked four major managers to support its efforts. would the central bank be willing to buy corporate bonds as part of its asset purchase theme? >> i know this is a discussion in the markets. but my personal opinion is which have started some new programs, i think we should take some time to look at the effects we will have at the end of this year a new tranche of this targeted ltros. so let's see what is the uptake in this field. i do not think that we should be pushed by the markets to produce new program at every meeting we have. so i am for a steady hand approach. >> in the five-year inflation expectations to sell below, i
we have an all-star panel ready to debate that coming next on "worldwide exchange." >>> u.s. markets are posed to erase all of october's losses with futures set to a strong open. >>> the bank of japan unexpectedly boosts the stimulus program. >>> and a bitter taste for starbucks after disaointing the street on u.s. sales sending shares lower after hours. >>> the european central bank says it will start buying asset backed securities from november...
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nobody thought barack obama could beat hillary clinton and he did. we had a lot of debates about this one. it wasn't romney. he outlasted everybody. i think that process issue is important. last question. what about old fashioned free enterprise? free markets? lower tax rates? limited government. does that not play any more? >> it does, but the sides chose on that. it's the 10 million undecided. they vote for the brand they think is better looking or speaks better. he's a terrible president but amazing brand. >> he's a great speaker. you get him from the teleprompter, it changes. he isn't a great president, but very effective communicator. >> i've got to get out of here. >>> what could be the most intriguing part of this cyprus bailout story? russia's huge money-laundering in the cyprus banks. vladimir putin is angry. we are about to talk to an expert next. putin may be the key to cyprus. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading
nobody thought barack obama could beat hillary clinton and he did. we had a lot of debates about this one. it wasn't romney. he outlasted everybody. i think that process issue is important. last question. what about old fashioned free enterprise? free markets? lower tax rates? limited government. does that not play any more? >> it does, but the sides chose on that. it's the 10 million undecided. they vote for the brand they think is better looking or speaks better. he's a terrible...
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joining us now, peter orszag, laza lazard's ceo of financial advisory, served under president obama. very good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you >> it's a big debate going on in terms of how quickly people who are currently furloughed will come back the work how much people will suffer when some of those benefits we just mentioned are removed. where do you stand on that >> i think this is a looming problem. the economy is going to remain weak for a long period of time three quarters of the impact from the cares act, three quarter of the economic effect from the cares act ends as of september so there's a big hold that would need to be fixed or filled in order to avoid waves of bankruptcy and a lot of unnecessary economic pain. but i think there's also an important question here, which is the cares act basically was preserving the past. it was trying to keep people attached to their current jobs as much possible help out people who are unemployed and so on, there's a question about how much as we continue to provide some additional government assistance, how muc
joining us now, peter orszag, laza lazard's ceo of financial advisory, served under president obama. very good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> good to be with you >> it's a big debate going on in terms of how quickly people who are currently furloughed will come back the work how much people will suffer when some of those benefits we just mentioned are removed. where do you stand on that >> i think this is a looming problem. the economy is going to remain weak for a long...
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care was being debated in the supreme court. so what's behind the move? joe is still with us. he has answers on that. we were talking about this during the break. is it a little bit too early to start reading in to the comments and trading the health care stocks on these moves? we won't get a final decision until june. >> people will always try to read the tea leaves of whatever little question seems to suggest that whichever justice will vote which way. no one knows how ultimately they're going to rule. i think on tuesday, the stocks really got hit when it looked like obamacare really had a bad day, specifically the individual mandate. and the great thing about the individual mandate for insurers, it's a lot more healthy customers in particular the young people who don't typically buy insurance. i think after wednesday's session, looked like perhaps that if the supreme court is going to throw out the mandate, it might throw out a bunch of other stuff, maybe the whole thing, including the requirement that insurers take on people
care was being debated in the supreme court. so what's behind the move? joe is still with us. he has answers on that. we were talking about this during the break. is it a little bit too early to start reading in to the comments and trading the health care stocks on these moves? we won't get a final decision until june. >> people will always try to read the tea leaves of whatever little question seems to suggest that whichever justice will vote which way. no one knows how ultimately...
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bush, barack obama did the same thing. it's possible to do that we'll see whether it's possible for trump to do that because he doesn't seem to be the kind of candidate who takes advice from his staff very well. >> tony, you worked in the treasury, u.s. treasury at one point. you also worked under the bush administration as well. if one is a republican in the u.s., and you don't feel that you think that trump is the best candidate to not only represent the republican party but also recent the u.s., what do you do? what do you do in this election? >> it's a tough call. i think -- my personal situation, just to be very explicit about it, i'm not a supporter of donald trump. i vote in washington, d.c., district of columbia where secretary clinton will win, it won't be a close race. i can choose not to vote or vote for a write-in candidate and have my conscious clear on that and to the have to -- the outcome won't be effected by my vote. other candidates in battleground states, or other republicans in battle ground states have
bush, barack obama did the same thing. it's possible to do that we'll see whether it's possible for trump to do that because he doesn't seem to be the kind of candidate who takes advice from his staff very well. >> tony, you worked in the treasury, u.s. treasury at one point. you also worked under the bush administration as well. if one is a republican in the u.s., and you don't feel that you think that trump is the best candidate to not only represent the republican party but also recent...
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president obama continues to maintain his lead over mitt romney with two days before their first debate and 35 days before the election. new poll shows 49% of likely voters favoring the president versus 47% for romney. amongst all registered voter, obama holds a 5 point lead. but 52% of likely voters across key swing states favor the president. you'll be able to get full coverage of wedding who's presidential debate right here on cnbc, it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a july says the rules set to go into effect october 12th won't properly justified by the cftc, the rules would cap the size of positions trading firms can take in certain commodity contracts and expand restrictions to swaps trade. meanwhile nokia has another big customer. the "wall street journal" says the company is going to unveil a deal with oracle take. the company's oracle world conference in san francisco. nokia's recently signed deals as well with groupon and amazon which dropped google maps. shares up marginally this morning julia got to a chance to sit down with sheryl sandberg. so tune in for that interview. share
president obama continues to maintain his lead over mitt romney with two days before their first debate and 35 days before the election. new poll shows 49% of likely voters favoring the president versus 47% for romney. amongst all registered voter, obama holds a 5 point lead. but 52% of likely voters across key swing states favor the president. you'll be able to get full coverage of wedding who's presidential debate right here on cnbc, it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a july says the rules set...
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can't afford another four years of president obama and the debate comes as a new poll shows the president and romney are neck and neck in two swing states, virginia and florida to see you obama still has a small lead in ohio to see you. >> so while the latest polls may show a tight race, there's another one that some folks think is more important, yes, it is the 7-eleven indicator to see you it's selling coffee in democrat blue cups with obama's face and republican red featuring romney to see you the tally shows customers favor obama by 60/40 margin to see you the 7-eleven indicator has correctly predicted the winner of the last three u.s. elections to see you. >> i'm not sure that's a huge sample set to see you. >> have they only run it in three elections? >> good question to see you what's interesting, jetblue for its part is also getting in on the presidential election saying that if your candidate doesn't win, it will pay for you to fly -- >> interesting the colors in the uk are the other way around to see you. >> isn't it? we need to discuss this to see you but, yes, i don't know --
can't afford another four years of president obama and the debate comes as a new poll shows the president and romney are neck and neck in two swing states, virginia and florida to see you obama still has a small lead in ohio to see you. >> so while the latest polls may show a tight race, there's another one that some folks think is more important, yes, it is the 7-eleven indicator to see you it's selling coffee in democrat blue cups with obama's face and republican red featuring romney to...
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chiming in on the debate pga golfer rory mcilroy joked about trump's remarks. >> it's not as if we've gone to mexico before. quite ironic that we're going after -- we just jump over the wall. >> meanwhile barack obama criticized trump's proposal to weaken wall street reform. obama didn't mention trump by name but had this to say about the republican nominee. >> i'll be honest with you. sometimes i just don't get it. how it is that somebody could propose that we weaken regulations on wall street. have we really forgotten whether just happened eight years ago? it hasn't been that long ago. and because of their reckless behavior you got hurt. and the notion that you would vote for anybody who would now allow them to go back to doing the same stuff that almost broke our economy's back makes no sense. i don't care whether you are a republican or a democrat on an independent. why would you do that? >> well nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington. tracie, give us a wrap up. what is the takeaway from what we just heard? and clinton is now also set to speak in san diego today? >> yes. she'
chiming in on the debate pga golfer rory mcilroy joked about trump's remarks. >> it's not as if we've gone to mexico before. quite ironic that we're going after -- we just jump over the wall. >> meanwhile barack obama criticized trump's proposal to weaken wall street reform. obama didn't mention trump by name but had this to say about the republican nominee. >> i'll be honest with you. sometimes i just don't get it. how it is that somebody could propose that we weaken...
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i think there will be a debate between obama and the europeans. and that will be to do more. i do hope that nobody in europe thinks that it's now time to start rattling down these sanctions because they are clearly having an impact. and i think it's important while putin is still active to keep the sanctions in place. but i think the ones we've got are strong enough to do serious damage and that ultimately will seek through at the lower standards. >> and when we talk about some of the other consequences of the recent turmoil, one of which you say is that europe will look to diversify its energy dependency away from russia that's been talked about a lot. how is it that europe can do that in a meaningful degree? >> this will take time. in some ways -- i'm trying to look on the bright side here. in some ways what putin did was made people like those in italy, hungary, bulgaria, being dependent on russian oil and gas is not a safe place to be. and it would be wise to look and see how you can supply others with gas and we can diversify a way to energy including possibly shale. so
i think there will be a debate between obama and the europeans. and that will be to do more. i do hope that nobody in europe thinks that it's now time to start rattling down these sanctions because they are clearly having an impact. and i think it's important while putin is still active to keep the sanctions in place. but i think the ones we've got are strong enough to do serious damage and that ultimately will seek through at the lower standards. >> and when we talk about some of the...
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governor romney and barack obama are both right on this issue. the other republicans are not. look for names like becht and dickinson and allscripps to do well. look for another major technological upgrade in our warfare and weaponry. for those reasons we like general dynamics. >> i'll stay on the theme with a question about, you obviously are campaign finance chair for mitt romney. as you see according to a "wall street journal"/nbc poll, romney trails newt gingrich. for someone who had seemingly all the momentum getting the nomination, how does romney find himself in this position and how does he regain the top spot? >> i think the governor's got great administrative skills. he's a great leader. he's got a fantastic organization. i have to see speaker gingrich is probably a better debater. he's more bombastic. you can see from speaker fwrich's career and i think people when they get into the voting booth down there, hopefully they'll look at those two guys and go with a guy that is an amazing leader and effective human being as it relates to organizational skills and making
governor romney and barack obama are both right on this issue. the other republicans are not. look for names like becht and dickinson and allscripps to do well. look for another major technological upgrade in our warfare and weaponry. for those reasons we like general dynamics. >> i'll stay on the theme with a question about, you obviously are campaign finance chair for mitt romney. as you see according to a "wall street journal"/nbc poll, romney trails newt gingrich. for...
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we need reason, thoughtful, compassionate debate that focuses on our hopes. not our fears. >> president obama's plan has prompted a serious backlash from republicans. they say he's taken union hat ral action. let's bring in tony fratto, managing director. let's start with do you agree with republicans have accused a president of illegal power grab? is that the case? >> well, they've certainly accused him of that. i'm not really a constitutional, you know, scholar on that. i think that, you know, the president is trying to deal with a very real problem we have, which is a large number of undocumented citizens living in the country. congress needs to deal with it. i think everyone agrees legislation is the best way to deal with it. i'm hopeful that this will help spur action on the congress to take up the issue. it's something we try to do in the bush administration going back to 2006 and, you know, it's long overdue. we need to find a way to rationalize our immigration system. >> i like the way you worded it, that you hope it's going to spur congress into acti
we need reason, thoughtful, compassionate debate that focuses on our hopes. not our fears. >> president obama's plan has prompted a serious backlash from republicans. they say he's taken union hat ral action. let's bring in tony fratto, managing director. let's start with do you agree with republicans have accused a president of illegal power grab? is that the case? >> well, they've certainly accused him of that. i'm not really a constitutional, you know, scholar on that. i think...
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what obama gets is he's obviously had the job for four years and he knows the stuff inside out and is good on policy. >> i guess it's always been like this, howard, but i look at the mail that comes in from both sides. never seen them so divided and so sure of themselves on both sides. >> no coming around. >> so hateful of the other side. it's really -- i don't know what's going to happen no matter who gets elected. how we deal with the rift. >> my theory is when the new generation takes power, that will be betterment the under 35s don't put up with this kind of talk. our generation just wants to fight the culture wars to the death. i think it's not so great for the country. >> at least we come together once in a while. >> yes, we do. >> thanks, governor. see ya later. >>> why mark faber says european stocks could correct up to 20%. today, our financial advisors lead from a new position of strength. together with bank of america, they have access to more resources than ever before. a steadfast commitment to help you achieve your financial goals in life. that's the power of the right a
what obama gets is he's obviously had the job for four years and he knows the stuff inside out and is good on policy. >> i guess it's always been like this, howard, but i look at the mail that comes in from both sides. never seen them so divided and so sure of themselves on both sides. >> no coming around. >> so hateful of the other side. it's really -- i don't know what's going to happen no matter who gets elected. how we deal with the rift. >> my theory is when the new...
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. >> president obama has moved millions of people out. nobody knows about it. nobody talks about it. but under obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country. they've been deported. she doesn't want to say that. that's what's happened. that's what happened bigley. >> there's some confusion whether trump is saying bigley or big league. i think it's big league. bigly is now the top trending search on all of google. he is using this in every single debate. >> it's a word, though. >> is it? i think he's saying big league. >> i never thought bigly was a word, i thought it was in a big way. apparently it is a word. maybe he has gotten one over all of us. >> the other interesting thing here, white we're talking about social media, is that facebook live streamed this. donald trump streamed this on his own facebook live page. got more than 100,000 viewers. people saying that's a preview of what is to come if he doesn't win the election. that he might get into some trump tv. he may be in talks with bankers about that. >> which is a f
. >> president obama has moved millions of people out. nobody knows about it. nobody talks about it. but under obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country. they've been deported. she doesn't want to say that. that's what's happened. that's what happened bigley. >> there's some confusion whether trump is saying bigley or big league. i think it's big league. bigly is now the top trending search on all of google. he is using this in every single debate. >> it's...
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over the government shutdown as well as the looming debt ceiling debate. joining us from cnbc states is jan niven. good to see you. thanks much indeed for coming in. how do you think we're set here ahead of the holiday season with this government shutdown? >> well, i think retailers are a little less optimistic looking for 3 plus and estimates all over the board. shopper trak came at 3.4%. i think we've had a tough back-to-school season. all the money has been going into houses and cars and tech, so in general, retailers are going to inventory, leanly, they'll hire as few people as possible. they're going to hunker down and hope we don't have a debt limit issue that's a big problem just like the continuing resolution has been a big problem. none of this is going to help retail and we have the shortest retail selling season for holiday we can get so nothing is going the right way at the moment for retail sales for christmas? what you just said based on the assumption this government shutdown lasts only a few days versus a few weeks, what are the implication
over the government shutdown as well as the looming debt ceiling debate. joining us from cnbc states is jan niven. good to see you. thanks much indeed for coming in. how do you think we're set here ahead of the holiday season with this government shutdown? >> well, i think retailers are a little less optimistic looking for 3 plus and estimates all over the board. shopper trak came at 3.4%. i think we've had a tough back-to-school season. all the money has been going into houses and cars...
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it's going to be several weeks of debate, probably not a vote until the end of the month. but the white house is now saying clearly if they send over the same thing that the house approved last year president obama will voto it. republicans are saying they think they have enough votes to overright a veto 6/0 votes, which is more than their majority. meantime, president obama, even though he's not setting the agenda here on capitol hill, is trying to get his initiatives out there. he's headed to detroit, michigan, today to talk about ways to boost manufacturing jobs. he wants to highlight the bounce back of the industry there. then eats headed to phoenix to talk about new initiatives he wants to put in place later this week. also to talk about college and new xhishtives to help people go to college and pay off their college loans. so president obama out there trying to set his agenda with this campaign-style trip before his state of the union address later this month. >> tracie thank you for that update. >>> mcdonald's restaurants are facing issues in japan with customers f
it's going to be several weeks of debate, probably not a vote until the end of the month. but the white house is now saying clearly if they send over the same thing that the house approved last year president obama will voto it. republicans are saying they think they have enough votes to overright a veto 6/0 votes, which is more than their majority. meantime, president obama, even though he's not setting the agenda here on capitol hill, is trying to get his initiatives out there. he's headed to...
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can't debate, so change numbers. obama administration says it's ludicrous, but he stood by the remarks when he appeared on the kudlow report friday night. >> today the president was out on the stump and he didn't talk about 600,000 government workers added in the last two months. the largest number since the study's been done since 1948. he didn't talk about what you just talked about, 600,000 temporary. he talked about 7.8 for ate hours today. okay? 7.8. let's talk about how we get the 7.8. this election is too important to let one number that might be corrected next month determine the drought cooutcome of the el. >> joining us is david sim mons and lena is still with us. either of you got any sympathy with that view? >> not particularly. they're not going to be swayed one way are on yor the other by politics. the two don't always have to move in line with one another. so it's a hard art to make that it's been politically manipulated especially when the nonfarm payroll number was not 13 spectacular. >> speaking bef
can't debate, so change numbers. obama administration says it's ludicrous, but he stood by the remarks when he appeared on the kudlow report friday night. >> today the president was out on the stump and he didn't talk about 600,000 government workers added in the last two months. the largest number since the study's been done since 1948. he didn't talk about what you just talked about, 600,000 temporary. he talked about 7.8 for ate hours today. okay? 7.8. let's talk about how we get the...
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a big debate. my point in that is, that no-fly list has really need eed an overhaul for years. it's one data point, by the way. also, if you're on that list, and them you get stopped, and you have a gun, now what happens? are you arrested? you're not convicted of anything. once you pull that thread; there's other issues to be addressed before that is again a solution. >> michael, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> when we come back, an economics professor and former chairman of the white house counsel of economic advisers joins us. don't forget, draghi speaks in a matter of minutes bringing you the news conference as soon as it gets started. by the way, check out the euro today after what we heard from the ecb. you'll see that at this point it's not the reaction some people had been anticipating. we'll see if it sticks after draghi talks. stick around. california's coastline is a welcoming, wonderful home to everything from surfers to seals. attracting visitors from around the world, around the year. along the coast, protected are
a big debate. my point in that is, that no-fly list has really need eed an overhaul for years. it's one data point, by the way. also, if you're on that list, and them you get stopped, and you have a gun, now what happens? are you arrested? you're not convicted of anything. once you pull that thread; there's other issues to be addressed before that is again a solution. >> michael, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> when we come...
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. >> we had those weird rudy giuliani comments debating obama's patriotism. >> saying he doesn't care for america and i wasn't quite sure how this was relevant but noting he came from a white mother had white extended family and grew up in a white world. >> he was responding to the criticism that he would essentially making racic comments. >> just more evidence of the week we've had. >> we've let this debate get out of hand and we're not talking about -- >> it's becoming unfocused. >> thisgiuliani thing if he had a black mother what did that mean? rudy needs to stop digging. i think he's walking into donald trump territory where mainstream people won't take him seriously. >> let's bring it back to cnbc territory where we have to have dollar signs in front of the conversation. what about jeb bush invading chris christie territory in terms of fund-raising. >> i would call it donors being pragmatic. they're not going to give money away and they look at chris christie really hasn't been able to explain a plausible scenario to get the knowledge nation and that's what this is about. think a
. >> we had those weird rudy giuliani comments debating obama's patriotism. >> saying he doesn't care for america and i wasn't quite sure how this was relevant but noting he came from a white mother had white extended family and grew up in a white world. >> he was responding to the criticism that he would essentially making racic comments. >> just more evidence of the week we've had. >> we've let this debate get out of hand and we're not talking about -- >>...
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mitt romney is, talking about how president obama wasn't in the last campaign. and so they're already setting expectations for romney to do really well and in a even ups the ante further for the performance of governor romney. >> how much is the fact that the economic data hasn't got a lot better, but the stock market has rallied. how much is that going to help the president? >> well, we've seen in the last nbc "wall street journal" poll earlier this week that there is a sense of renewed optimism in the economy for the president obama. it's slight, but trend lines are very important in these campaigns and for the president, this is a good time for him to be catching some good economic news here in the u.s. >> we do have 48 days here and the poll is starting to look at these swing states in particular. what to you is going to be the most important place to watch for as a gauge really as we head into the final stretch? >> i look at three places. ohio. no republican has won the white house in modern history without also carrying ohio. i look at iowa, too. and i saw
mitt romney is, talking about how president obama wasn't in the last campaign. and so they're already setting expectations for romney to do really well and in a even ups the ante further for the performance of governor romney. >> how much is the fact that the economic data hasn't got a lot better, but the stock market has rallied. how much is that going to help the president? >> well, we've seen in the last nbc "wall street journal" poll earlier this week that there is a...
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" poll finds president obama widening his lead over mitt romney. >>> japan central bank follows in the fed's footsteps. it's pulled the trigger on more easing, sent equities higher in the process. >> at the bank of england, some policymakers see the case for further stimulus even as the outlook for inflation picks up in the near term. >>> and it's a changing of the old guard at goldman sachs. the leader has decided to step down. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> let's start with the u.s. and work our way back. futures for the most part are pointed higher. the dow is poised to add about 40 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 are poised to open a little bit higher as well. this follows overnight trading in which we've seen asian equities pick up largely on the back of the bank of japan. surprisingly large quantitative easing measures. the ftse is up one tenth of a percent. the mood from that policy hasn't really kicked over into strong gains across the european session. if we take a look at what's happening with those forces for the
" poll finds president obama widening his lead over mitt romney. >>> japan central bank follows in the fed's footsteps. it's pulled the trigger on more easing, sent equities higher in the process. >> at the bank of england, some policymakers see the case for further stimulus even as the outlook for inflation picks up in the near term. >>> and it's a changing of the old guard at goldman sachs. the leader has decided to step down. >>> you're watching...
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then after that, it's the start of the presidential debates, romney and obama squaring off on october 3rd in denver. vps are up next they go head-to-head in danville, kentucky on the 11th of october and followed by another presidential debate on the 16th in new york. and then a final turn on the floor for obama and romney on october the 22nd, in boca raton, florida. ahead of the general election on november 6th. still to come on today's program, how investors are going to react? will they be disappointed when they hear from ben bernanke? we'll be out to jackson hole right after this. at merrill lynch, we understand the importance of your goals. today, our financial advisors lead from a new position of strength. together with bank of america, they have access to more resources than ever before. a steadfast commitment to help you achieve your financial goals in life. that's the power of the right advisor. that's merrill lynch. >>> okay. we'll be out the jackson hole wyoming in a few minutes. before that, unemployment in the eurozone has reached an all time high. highest level since reco
then after that, it's the start of the presidential debates, romney and obama squaring off on october 3rd in denver. vps are up next they go head-to-head in danville, kentucky on the 11th of october and followed by another presidential debate on the 16th in new york. and then a final turn on the floor for obama and romney on october the 22nd, in boca raton, florida. ahead of the general election on november 6th. still to come on today's program, how investors are going to react? will they be...
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being the enemy which is a comment that she made in the last debate. clinton did call the vice president after his statement. she tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment. this opened the door for her with her numbers growing after the last debate. our latest poll shows her 25 points ahead of bernie sanders. so certainly she has a fairly strong lead there right now but the question remains what about all of those people out there, the biden campaign, the international firefighters who were holding out for vice president biden to run? are they going to be reluctant or enthusiastic supporters of hillary clinton or might they just stay out of it all together and what effect will that have on the democratic party? that remains to be seen. >> tracy, thank you so much. >> all right. our other top story leading activist shareholder and billionaire investor carl icahn is setting his sights on capitol hill funded by himself. let's get out to landon at cnbc headquaters. what is he up to? >> that's right. best known for going head to head against s
being the enemy which is a comment that she made in the last debate. clinton did call the vice president after his statement. she tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment. this opened the door for her with her numbers growing after the last debate. our latest poll shows her 25 points ahead of bernie sanders. so certainly she has a fairly strong lead there right now but the question remains what about all of those people out there, the biden campaign, the international...
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but bernie sanders called that view dangerously naive. >> i debated then senator obama numerous times on stages like this. he was the recipient of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the democratic side ever. now, when it mattered he stood up and took on wall street. >> let's not insult the intelligence of the american people. people are not dumb. why in god's name does wall street make huge campaign contributions? i guess just for the fun of it. they want to throw money around. yes, i believe that it's a result of the illegal behavior on wall street that they're a wall street that drove this economy into the worst economic downturn into the great depression. >> now, you hear strains of that rhetoric on the republican side in the denunciations of people like ted cruz of crony capitalism. donald trump promise going after big business. but it's much sharper on the democratic side. we can expect the rhetoric to be more intense as we move to the next contest where hillary clinton is trying to come back, and jeb bush, kasich and rubio are trying to stay alive.
but bernie sanders called that view dangerously naive. >> i debated then senator obama numerous times on stages like this. he was the recipient of the largest number of wall street donations of anybody running on the democratic side ever. now, when it mattered he stood up and took on wall street. >> let's not insult the intelligence of the american people. people are not dumb. why in god's name does wall street make huge campaign contributions? i guess just for the fun of it. they...
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. >> john, who does this change the debate? this news that president obama is going to make the speech next week. do you think he'll lay out the details? >> look, i think he has laid out more details than is generally appreciated so far. the house proposal, which i believe is in position to pass the house is about 90% of what obama wants. >> how is that going to fair in the senate? >> that's the question. the new strategy is designed to get the senate off the dime, they've been stuck in committee, now democrats have to regroup, figure out what they can pass on their own, maybe with one or two republicans. olympia snow of maine. i think what this speech is about. >> do you think this speech will embrace everything that's in the house plan or will they move away from any plans that have been mired in the muck? >> well, there are different qualitative levels of muck and proposal. >> what about the idea that public options -- >> that's fundamental to what obama wants to do. now, there is a question as to whether you can pass the se
. >> john, who does this change the debate? this news that president obama is going to make the speech next week. do you think he'll lay out the details? >> look, i think he has laid out more details than is generally appreciated so far. the house proposal, which i believe is in position to pass the house is about 90% of what obama wants. >> how is that going to fair in the senate? >> that's the question. the new strategy is designed to get the senate off the dime,...
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what we're seeing so far is we have the best defense they can make of the obama administration at this point. >> what's interesting, tony, is republicans have managed to clearly shape the debate about whether americans are better now than they were four years ago. do you think the democrats can mount a strong defense on that point? >> they're certainly trying. they keep tripping up though with some of the platform issues that they've had here, you know, the kerfluffel was the removal of god and putting it back in. that tripped them up until they got to president clinton's speech. the changing of the venue here has taken up a lot of the communication efforts here. i think rhetorically it's been more of a defense of the effort that the obama administration has done to try to improve the economy, less about the specifics on what they would do going forward to create jobs and growth absent stimulus plans. >> tony, what do you think the president needs to say tonight to appeal to his base but also to those independent americans that may be tuning in? >> i really think it is that vision for
what we're seeing so far is we have the best defense they can make of the obama administration at this point. >> what's interesting, tony, is republicans have managed to clearly shape the debate about whether americans are better now than they were four years ago. do you think the democrats can mount a strong defense on that point? >> they're certainly trying. they keep tripping up though with some of the platform issues that they've had here, you know, the kerfluffel was the...
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president obama is a formidable debater and has a lot of great experience and a wonderful speaker so we'll go in there prepared and i think we feel really good about where we are right now >> nice job managing expectations. look foward to wednesday night. let's get to the cme in chicago and rick santelli and the san telly exchange. surprising facts about bain capital's beneficiaries. >> yes. viewers, listeners, you now have a clue. we'll indirectly talk about bain capital. before we go there we'll talk about private he can it i in general and the tax code. bain has been vilified and to some extent maybe the entire private equity business has been vilified a bit and what is at the epicenter is a bit convoluted. it is about tax code. the tax code is horrible. being in the gray in tax code is what businesses do, what accounting firms do. that's just the way it is. if people don't like the behavior of navigating through something so crazy they ought to change it. to the end there was an article written by d. roy murdoch called look at who parks their cash at bain. when with i read this,
president obama is a formidable debater and has a lot of great experience and a wonderful speaker so we'll go in there prepared and i think we feel really good about where we are right now >> nice job managing expectations. look foward to wednesday night. let's get to the cme in chicago and rick santelli and the san telly exchange. surprising facts about bain capital's beneficiaries. >> yes. viewers, listeners, you now have a clue. we'll indirectly talk about bain capital. before we...
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. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been strong debates, john kerry had a strong debate against george w. bush in 2004. but he wasn't able to translate that into lasting benefit. that's the best of the next three weeks, to see whether romney can keep it going or whether president obama comes out with a higher level of aggression, higher level of energy in the next debate and stop the momentum that romney accumulated last night. >> okay. yeah, i had so many different thoughts, john, as we watched the whole thing. i remember that a lot of republicans were supporting newt gingrich because just for this
. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been...
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. >> you think obama is the likely -- >> i hope it does. >> is the likely winner? >> i am a great believer that we've had a lot of debate on diversionary nonsense. the debate that should be in the american populist today at the kitchen table, are we better off than we were four years ago? is there a plan to solve these problems? >> we are losing -- i'm trying to remember axelrod's -- the republicans drove the car into the ditch, you want to give them the keys back? we were losing 750,000 jobs a month, now we're getting 200. >> he sounds like a perfect candidate for "mad men" with some of those lines he's offering. where the are solutions on debt, definite and unemployment? i haven't seen them. >> he tried with boehner to get to the grand bargain and once this fell through, he realized the republicans were not going to give up anything on their side and therefore he went into election mode at that point. >> let's put a pox on both sides of the aisle -- >> how do you put a pox on someone? >> you can. it's a following. >> you talk to someone? >> it's a following. if t
. >> you think obama is the likely -- >> i hope it does. >> is the likely winner? >> i am a great believer that we've had a lot of debate on diversionary nonsense. the debate that should be in the american populist today at the kitchen table, are we better off than we were four years ago? is there a plan to solve these problems? >> we are losing -- i'm trying to remember axelrod's -- the republicans drove the car into the ditch, you want to give them the keys back?...
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look, he is behind president obama, he needs to make up ground, but not terribly far behind. he still could win this race and debates coming up in a few weeks are an opportunity for him to make headway. >> and a bit of money advantage too. the ad war is still going on. john, thanks a lot. interesting story. john harwood joining us from washington. >>> meantime, special edition of the santelli exchange today as you may know, rick is joined on the floor of the cme by our own gary. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> gary and i have been writing down questions, we had people write down some questions, sometimes uncomfortable questions are easier to deal with in kind of a flash bash, and we're having our bash right now. so, i guess, gary, why don't you start us out with a question? >> here you go, rick. entitlements alter voting practices, true or false? >> i think true. obviously this question is in the context of what john harwood just talked about, i didn't listen to the tape, i don't know if it was spoken eloquently or spoken in a way that wasn't pretty. but in the end, i do
look, he is behind president obama, he needs to make up ground, but not terribly far behind. he still could win this race and debates coming up in a few weeks are an opportunity for him to make headway. >> and a bit of money advantage too. the ad war is still going on. john, thanks a lot. interesting story. john harwood joining us from washington. >>> meantime, special edition of the santelli exchange today as you may know, rick is joined on the floor of the cme by our own gary....
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swrooel that debate in a moment here on "squawk box." opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. many americans who have prescriptions fail to stay on them. that's why we created programs which encourage people to take their medications regularly. so join us as we raise a glass to everyone who remembered today. bottoms up, america. see you tomorrow. same time. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. for that moment, where right place meets right time. and when i find it- i go for it. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we give you the edge, with innovative charting and trading features, plus powerful mobile apps so you're always connected, wherever you are. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. >>> a global market rally. china cutting interest rates to lift its sagging economy. plus mario draghi
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obviously obama care will be the law of the land. there are higher taxes that kick in but questions about what needs to happen with some of the doctor payments and such. >> well, i think one of the big issues is that we have to get the exchanges up and running for january 1st, 2014, to start the insurance for everyone, that is a big challenge. many states have kicked the can down the road and the federal government has to step in. the big issue for payment and for cost control is going to be making changes in how we pay doctors and incentivizing hospitals and doctors to keep people healthy, and to actually get out there and make sure that the people with chronic illness don't fall between the cracks and to increase coordination of care, and as i've been saying around the country, the main issue there is getting off the fee-for-service payment system and encouraging doctors and hospitals and others to reengineer how they deliver care. that is going to be the key issue over the next eight years. >> that's going to be a tricky transitio
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that of course was our president, barack obama. so i suggest to the ranking member, when convenient, he first debate the president on the subject before he debates us. and i would ask this simply, mr. chairman, even if we cut the pentagon by 25%, make it 50%, have we solved the long-term structural debt crisis in our nation? yes, that's to you. >> you refer specifically to health care an area where costs have been going up faster than gdp. the output of the health care industry is not that market edly better than other countries. not only for fiscal issues but private sector productivity it's an important issue to address. as a matter of arithmetic, it's true over time an increasing share of the totally outlays will be going to medicare, medicaid and it's important to address that. >> page 7 of your testimony, in dealing with your dual mandate, you say the maximum level of employment in an economy is largely determined by nonmonetary factors. my remaining time, i want to pursue this theme, i certainly agree with the assessment, but
that of course was our president, barack obama. so i suggest to the ranking member, when convenient, he first debate the president on the subject before he debates us. and i would ask this simply, mr. chairman, even if we cut the pentagon by 25%, make it 50%, have we solved the long-term structural debt crisis in our nation? yes, that's to you. >> you refer specifically to health care an area where costs have been going up faster than gdp. the output of the health care industry is not...
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were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald trump is most severely challenging. ted cruise went after him and donald trump had a response. take a listen.. >> the effect of the 45% tariff would be when you go to the store, when you go to walmart, when you're shopping for your kids, the prices you pay go up 45%. but not only that, when you put those in place, because the terrorist attacks on you, the american people, but the response of that is that the countries we trade with put in their own tariff. >> the 45% tax is a threat. it is not a tax, it is a threat. it will be a tax if they don't behave. >> and this is how donald trump has reconciled wha
were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald...
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i remember, do you remember the debate when problem said, you forgot about pom land? it just sounded so crazy that, i don't know how many -- we had the coalition of the willing. a lot weren't willing. i guess kerry forgot poland and now we got president obama, you know, just appealing to allies to support him on this. the world is like topsy turvy. >> well, you know, it was disappointing that britain did not come along. but, frankly, i don't think the prime minister david cameron made a very good case why there should be action in syria. president obama put out the evidence of how we now that assad was guilty of this crime against his own people. and and then said that congress should put it to a vote. if parliament, they didn't put any evidence forward. so there couldn't be a public debate based on the evidence that they had. >> you know, bill, in a world like this, you could, with what's done in north korea to people and what's done, we read about things in china and some of these regimes that, you know, that operate this way and it would be tough to go and take car
i remember, do you remember the debate when problem said, you forgot about pom land? it just sounded so crazy that, i don't know how many -- we had the coalition of the willing. a lot weren't willing. i guess kerry forgot poland and now we got president obama, you know, just appealing to allies to support him on this. the world is like topsy turvy. >> well, you know, it was disappointing that britain did not come along. but, frankly, i don't think the prime minister david cameron made a...
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putin meeting with the leaders of iran, and french president hole lande talks terror with president obama today in washington. latest developments ahead. >>> state department issues a worldwide travel alert days before the thanks giving holiday, raising a red flag on the threat of more possible terrorist attacks. what you need to know before you leave for the airport as the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >> live from the most powerful city in the world, new york, this is "squawk box." >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone, this is cnbc, first in business worldwide, i'm becky with joe, and we are less than the 0 minutes from the opening bell on wall street. the futures this morning under pressure, dow down by triple digits, decline of 110 points below fair value. s&p futures down by over 13 points, nasdaq down 30 points, market in europe seeing pressure there throughout the trading session. in fact, things are worse there too. the cac down 2%, germany down 1%, and similar declines across the board. today's top story, turkey shooting down a russian war plane with syria, c
putin meeting with the leaders of iran, and french president hole lande talks terror with president obama today in washington. latest developments ahead. >>> state department issues a worldwide travel alert days before the thanks giving holiday, raising a red flag on the threat of more possible terrorist attacks. what you need to know before you leave for the airport as the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >> live from the most powerful city in the world,...
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going into the debates which will only be a couple weeks away. >> and that is where the real action will be a lot of people argue. your job at hill is to frame reality, right? they can be looked at through many different prisms. what if the next couple of jobs numbers are good? if you're in the meeting with the romney guys, how do you explain that? >> i think it is going to be trickier for president obama because they're not herald going 8.1 to 7.9. it is still going to be a bad situation. i think the opportunity for the romney campaign, still over 20 million americans still looking for work. i think the economic picture will be one and when the statistics come out and the reports come out, the public is still not going to feel those effects. this was the dilemma that bush 41 felt in 1992, even if there is a slight imperical change for the better in the numbers, the mood of the country is we're not headed in the right direction from an economic perspective and it will play to romney's hands and even if there are improvements and talking about the economy and unemployment, it is a good da
going into the debates which will only be a couple weeks away. >> and that is where the real action will be a lot of people argue. your job at hill is to frame reality, right? they can be looked at through many different prisms. what if the next couple of jobs numbers are good? if you're in the meeting with the romney guys, how do you explain that? >> i think it is going to be trickier for president obama because they're not herald going 8.1 to 7.9. it is still going to be a bad...
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i get there's nothing that frustrates me more than the tax debate. because i've studied the tax system. and there's no doubt we need more tax revenues. of course we need more tax revenues, they're 15% of gdp now, they've averaged more than 18% for 40 years. but the issue shouldn't be what do we do with this rate or that rate. the question should be, what form of taxes will give us the revenues we need and let us be competitive and create jobs and give us economic growth. that's what we need. and no one would argue that the current system does it. we need a new system. and you know, i've been for a system where we would eliminate the deductions and all the distortions and the special spending programs that are part of the tax code. and lower the rates. and have something that will, will let us be competitive in today's world. >> final question. timothy geithner has signaled he's going to be stepping down, whether obama wins or not in the next election cycle. who would you like to see or what kind of person, given the economy and the state of the world
i get there's nothing that frustrates me more than the tax debate. because i've studied the tax system. and there's no doubt we need more tax revenues. of course we need more tax revenues, they're 15% of gdp now, they've averaged more than 18% for 40 years. but the issue shouldn't be what do we do with this rate or that rate. the question should be, what form of taxes will give us the revenues we need and let us be competitive and create jobs and give us economic growth. that's what we need....
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the republican senator who might be key to a big-bargain deal said on "meet the press" saying barack obama is showing a little leg here with this budget proposal. carl, we're watching these coming off the press and we'll get a look at them wednesday and that will shape the debate as we go forward. >> we're looking at the deal between the president and some senators. >> some real outreach and back and forth coming out, and we'll see if it reduce guess different result than we've seen in the past, but the tone of the conversation here in washington, anyway is different than it has been in the past couple of month, carl. >> great point of why they print those books. makes no sense. >> eamon javers, thanks. >> mary thompson is back at hq and she has all of the details. >> hey there, david, there's a familiar name at the top of the list compiled by "the new york times," and new ones below it. the highest paid ceo is oracle's larry ellison. even though they rejected the firm's pay plan, even as the software firm's total return fell 22%. his pay rose 24% to $96.2 million. allen johnson saying ell
the republican senator who might be key to a big-bargain deal said on "meet the press" saying barack obama is showing a little leg here with this budget proposal. carl, we're watching these coming off the press and we'll get a look at them wednesday and that will shape the debate as we go forward. >> we're looking at the deal between the president and some senators. >> some real outreach and back and forth coming out, and we'll see if it reduce guess different result than...
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if everyone paid their employees the way costco does we might not have a debate about health care in this country. but that said, i'm sure you have run some numbers as to what obama care will cost costco over the next 10 to 15 years. i assume it's an ink krecrement increase in costs no? >> there will be an incremental increase in costs but we think it's something we can live with and that we can adjust to. but we're -- we already have a very rich plan that you alluded to just a few seconds ago. so it's not going to be a significant hit for us. >> final question here, jim. separate from politics we've been watching the comps out of costco lately. i know you're not running the ship day to day. but august was good. the rest of the summer not so good. what do you see for the fall? >> well, you know, at the moment we're reasonably optimistic for the fall and talking to people over at the home office there we think that we're going to have a reasonably good fall. we were pleased with the august numbers and in truth if you look back over the past six or seven months the comps have been pret
if everyone paid their employees the way costco does we might not have a debate about health care in this country. but that said, i'm sure you have run some numbers as to what obama care will cost costco over the next 10 to 15 years. i assume it's an ink krecrement increase in costs no? >> there will be an incremental increase in costs but we think it's something we can live with and that we can adjust to. but we're -- we already have a very rich plan that you alluded to just a few...
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the debates are an opportunity for mitt romney to do that. that may be his last big opportunity, guys. >> why do we think that's happened, john? >> reporter: i think the reason it happened was republicans had some setbacks at their convention. clint eastwood. that sort of thing. secondly, the fact that the democrats had their convention immediately after the republicans let them step on romney's bounce. he did get an initial bounce of a couple of points. then you have the democratic convention. spectacular performances by michelle obama and bill clinton. president obama got less stellar reviews, but still a solid speech. the totality of that message, when you had romney, his goal was to make people like him better. obama was to try to address the sense of disappointment many people have. from these initial numbers, they could fade back, it looks like he's done that. at least a little bit. >> john, both of these polls were done after the jobs report on friday? >> reporter: the gallup poll, melissa, is a seven-day tracking poll. so it had resul
the debates are an opportunity for mitt romney to do that. that may be his last big opportunity, guys. >> why do we think that's happened, john? >> reporter: i think the reason it happened was republicans had some setbacks at their convention. clint eastwood. that sort of thing. secondly, the fact that the democrats had their convention immediately after the republicans let them step on romney's bounce. he did get an initial bounce of a couple of points. then you have the democratic...
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the obama is not seeking to have states gut the work requirement. he is giving them flexibility which they asked for including republican governors, and so you get a lot of debate about why are they putting anthony ad if it's fundamentally not true. >> but then again there's a lot of nuance here. i looked into it. i read a lot of pieces on it. even political scientist, new york university said it doesn't obviously single-handedly cripple the work requirement but in his word it has opened the door to changes in welfare reform that could destroy it from within. another says you have to assume that bureaucrats, the intention is stated that it's not to change work requirements but gives bureaucrats the leeway to do just about anything they want to do. >> reporter: you can make the requirement it will result in anything. >> again -- >> reporter: remember governors including romney have sought flexibility from some of the restrictions of the law themselves. >> i'll ask trump about this. chris is mad about that throwaway line about being born in mulch and
the obama is not seeking to have states gut the work requirement. he is giving them flexibility which they asked for including republican governors, and so you get a lot of debate about why are they putting anthony ad if it's fundamentally not true. >> but then again there's a lot of nuance here. i looked into it. i read a lot of pieces on it. even political scientist, new york university said it doesn't obviously single-handedly cripple the work requirement but in his word it has opened...
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it is unfortunate with all that is going on, that's where the debate is right now. >> it depends on how far you want to go back, when there was bush fatigue there's no doubt about that, that sort offishered in the obama years but i don't know about underestimating the depth of the recession and focusing on obama care. that's what ushered in the tea party, the tea party at this point are the ones that the democratic side would say is so intransigent. i would say i wish the president had been more willing to go in and get his hands dirty with the leadership of both parties and say we have to do something. because it's been two years that we've been watching this, and others would say he didn't have a chance because the tea party is so intransigent you can't talk to these guys, so far out there. the tea party was almost spawned by the first two years of the way obama care was rammed down the country's throat, this unpopular bill they spent all that time on is, we were going above 10% in unemployment. am i wrong on that? >> i think there are a number of voters who say you're right. the hous
it is unfortunate with all that is going on, that's where the debate is right now. >> it depends on how far you want to go back, when there was bush fatigue there's no doubt about that, that sort offishered in the obama years but i don't know about underestimating the depth of the recession and focusing on obama care. that's what ushered in the tea party, the tea party at this point are the ones that the democratic side would say is so intransigent. i would say i wish the president had...